Polish, polish - Introduction to Polish language support
This reference page describes the coded character set
(codeset), locale, device, and other kinds of support for
the Polish language.
Codesets [Toc] [Back]
The operating system supports the following codesets for
Polish by means of locales, codeset converters, or both:
ISO 8859-2 (ISO Latin 2)
ISO8859-2 is the string that represents this codeset
in the names of locales and codeset converters.
See iso8859-2(5) for more information. UTF-16,
UCS-4, and UTF-8
UTF-16, UCS-4, and UTF-8 are the strings that represent
these encoding formats in the names of
locales and codeset converters. See Unicode(5) for
more information. PC code pages
cp852 and cp1250 are the strings that represent
these encoding formats in the names of codeset converters.
See code_page(5) for more information.
See i18n_intro(5) and l10n_intro(5) for introductory
information on codesets. See iconv_intro(5) for a discussion
of codeset converters and how to use them.
Locales [Toc] [Back]
The operating system provides the following Polish
locales: pl_PL.ISO8859-2
The pl_PL.ISO8859-2@ucs4 variant of this locale is
also available for applications that need to convert
ISO8859-2 file data to UCS-4 process code in
order to perform certain character-classification
operations. pl_PL.UTF-8
UTF-8 locales support file code and internal process
code according to ISO 10646 and Unicode standards.
File code, in UTF-8 locales, may include
characters encoded in more than 1 byte; therefore,
use these locales in applications that can process
multibyte data. The UTF-8 locale supports the euro
monetary symbol; see euro(5).
You can use the locale command (see locale(1)) to find out
which locales are installed on your system. See
i18n_intro(5) for information on setting a locale from the
operating system command line.
In the Common Desktop Environment (CDE), you need to set a
locale by setting the session language. To do this, from
the Options menu of the Login window, choose Language.
Then, from the Language options menu, choose a session
language.
Keyboards [Toc] [Back]
The operating system supports the following VT-style and
PC-style keyboards with Polish characters printed on the
keys:
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VT-Style (105/108 keys) PC-Style (102 keys)
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LK411-BP LK471-BP
LK461-BP LK47W-BP
LK46W-BP LK97W-BP
PCXAL-HP
PCXAL-PP
PCXAL-SP
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For your keyboard to function correctly with your system,
you must load a keyboard mapping table (keymap) that is
appropriate for your keyboard's model and language. If you
load a keymap that does not correspond to your keyboard's
model and language, your keyboard behavior is unpredictable.
The label located on the bottom surface of a
keyboard usually specifies its model (five-letter code)
and language (two-letter code). See keyboard(5) for general
information on keymaps and instructions for loading
them in different formats. The following tables supply
Polish-specific information that you need when loading
keymaps.
Selecting keymaps in xkb format:
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For VT-Style For PC-Style
Keyboard: Select: Keyboard: Select:
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LK411-BP lk411 LK471-BP lk471bp or lk471
LK461-BP lk461 LK47W-BP lk471bp or lk471
LK46W-BP lk461 LK97W-BP lk97wbp or lk97w
PCXAL-HP pcxalhp
PCXAL-PP pcxalpp
PCXAL-SP pcxalsp
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Selecting keymaps in xmodmap format:
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For VT-Style For PC-Style
Keyboard: Select: Keyboard: Select:
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LK411-BP polish lk411bp LK471-BP polish pcxalhp
LK461-BP polish lk411bp LK47W-BP polish pcxalhp
LK46W-BP polish lk411bp PCXAL-HP polish pcxalhp
PCXAL-PP polish pcxalpp
PCXAL-SP polish pcxalhp
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Keyboards can have keys with characters printed on both
the left and right half of the keycap. The way you set or
use your keyboard to send different sets of characters
varies from one keyboard model to another. Furthermore,
your keyboard allows you to enter more characters than
those printed on the keycaps. See keyboard(5) for information
on how to enter characters.
Printers [Toc] [Back]
The PostScript fonts available for languages supported by
the ISO 8859-2 codeset are listed in iso8859-2(5).
See i18n_printing(5) for a discussion of printer support
options.
Commands: locale(1)
Others: code_page(5), i18n_intro(5), i18n_printing(5),
iconv_intro(5), iso8859-2(5), keyboard(5), l10n_intro(5),
Unicode(5)
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